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>> the markets seem to think a deal is coming. we'lllopen 10, 15 points lower, but opening from 15,300. let's go to peter barnes in washington. all right, i want your opinion if you don't mind expressing it. will there be a deal and if so, when do we get it? >> i have an escape hatch for that one, stuart. it's in 37 minutes from now or so, we will find out if we have a deal. speaker john boehner will emerge at 10:00 from a meeting with the house republicans. they're kind of critical to

this because the deal has been being negotiated over there, 's some provisions and, but obviously, boehner is an important player at the-- who has not been at the table and wants to-- may not want to go to the table. so we're waiting on boehner and the house republicans to give us their two cents. >> 10:00 we'll find out yes or no, we'll be there. thank you, appreciate it. there's a lot of other news making headlines this morning and here we go. first off, there was a technical error on food stamp debit cards and you're looking at loaded shopping carts of people who could buy anything they wanted on the food stamp card. here is the question, is that stealing? some of these folks had ten, 12 shopping carts loaded up to the top. we'll ask the judge, is it stealing? and a train wreck called obamacare, look at "the washington post" appeared to be turning on this new law. look at the headllnes, they're

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♪ we can build this dream together. nothing's gonna stop us now♪ >> i'm not sure about that song. don't know whether it fits or not. maybe an exaggeration, but seems like nothing's going to stop this market from going up. maybe a dip at the open today, but you know, overall, this thing just wants to go up. we said this yesterday, looks like there's going to be a deal in d.c. come on in from chicago. scott shellady. all right, scott, you want to take me on? my basic premise is this market wants to go up. tell me i'm wrong. >> i can't tell you wrong. the only thing that would keep

it from going up woull be the legislators in washington d.c. when a deal is struck it's going higher. the nuclear option, if they've got obamacare and default to worry about, there's a deal, stock market goes higher. stuart: we don't default and go past the wednesday night deadline. we don't default until we stop paying interest on the debt. let's be clear, scott. >> let's be more clear, i think we ran out of money 17 trillion dollars ago. we're not going to default and that's would drive the market down. that's not going to happen. we'll reach an agreement and the stock market will grind higher because the economy won't do as much, and taper. stuart: yellen keeps printing and obama keeps spending and the treasury keeps borrowing. that's what we've got. look at the opening bell. it has already finished ringing and the dow is down 14 points. there was a negative reading on

empire state, that's a-- the new york region. they're manufacturing sector, a very poor report, that's helping the stock market lose a couple of points. disappointing earnings, another disappointment for the overall market, but look, we're only down 11 points, that's it. we've got the burberry chief leaving and head up apple's retail division. angela aaron is going to step down the middle of next year, does that put apple at the $500 point? . nicole: it doesn't yet. this is good news because they've been waiting for a great retail chief to come on. someone to come in and replace ron johnson and he stepped down and now, miss arends has come with a great reputation and known as a tur around specialist and certainly has numbers and sales to prove it so there's high hopes of the 53-year-old woman coming into apple to turn things around in this retail position. stuart: by the way, nicole, in stock and salary last year, she

at burberry made 26.3 million and she's leaving, and she must have been induced with some sizable inducement to go over to apple, but she's taken the job. 498 on apple as we speak. we'll be back to that shortly. here is ed butowsky and sandra smith. investigators investors saw a deal coming and it looks like d.c., might be a deal, probably is going to be a deal and the market looks like it wants to go up. start with you, sandra. that's my premise. this market wants to go up. what do you say? >> well, the stock market might be taking a bit of a breather this morning. when we did open to the down side a few seconds ago, but if you look at gold prices right now they're hitting three-month lows. if there was a huge trade going on you better believe you'd see buying in gold. not to mention the u.s. dollar is higher this morning. there are many indications in

the market that a deal will get done. looking at the yield on the 10 shall year when there was real fear in the marketplace, top 3%, stuart this morning it's at just 2.7%. so, yes, the market is saying a deal will get done. stuart: okay. ed butowsky, what do you say, you can test my premise. the market basically wants to go up? >> absolutely, in complete agreement. the market will go up, but i'm advising my clients and everybody, sell into the strength. the market is looking at 2014 earnings and the world has slowed down. stock moves six to nine months ahead of earnings and economic data. stocks moved up in anticipation of a strong global economy and that's not happening. we're seeing weakness. start selling. imus: this as you see strength. i'm advising all of my clients to do so. stuart: we've got a weakness this morning. we're not agreeing with my premise. the dow average is down 50 points because of a negative reading on manufacturing in the northeast ann poor earnings

from citigroup. got three names, names which you know, and they're moving. as we said, disappointing numbers from citigroup, less money coming in, the stock is down 1%. not much. 49 bucks on citi. the walking dead: the season premier. it drew 16 million viewers, a record for the series and it easily beat sunday night's playoff baseball game. amc puts out the dream-- the walking dead stuff. and they're up again, $67 per share and they're laughing at me because i said the walking dead stuff. couldn't remember the name for a moment. content is king. nobody knows that better than netflix, hot on the heels of the house of cards success. it's ended into another production deal with a major hollywood studio and netflix ordered a psychological thriller series from sony and the creator of fx legal series "damages". netflix down 323, 322 on netflix right now. it's an emerging media stock clearly. let's go to the senate and the

proposed deal. that's what everybody is talking about. and the senator roger winter, republican from mississippi joins us now. senator, did you, as a republican, the republican party in the senate, do you think that you won on the issue of spending in the sense that the sequester cuts stay in place foo the time being? >> if that is indeed the case, that would be an accomplishment, let me say, stuart, i am eager to attend a 1 #-- 11:00 meeting this morning that was postponed from yesterday to actually hear the details. i'm at a bit of a loss, i know the house of representatives is meeting now. the republicans in their own conference and here are the details from the speaker, even as we speak. stuart: so you don't have the details yet. they're going to be outlined to you at 11:00 eastern this morning. but-- >> that's exactly right. stuart: do you feel that there is real momentum here, momentum towards getting a deal in the

senate? do you feel that? >> it seems to me, this is a timeout. it seems that the leaders have agreed to a three-month timeout on the continuing resolution and a four-month timeout on the debt ceiling. now, that gives people who are willing to negotiate a good faith and opportuniiy to actually come up with some meaningful restructuring of our mandatory spending programs but it appears that it's nothing more than a three-and four month delay. stuart: do you have any confidence in three and four months time, when we kick this down the road. do you have any confidence

so, perhaps we've learned a better lesson, but we're going to have to have some leadership from the white house on making democrats comfortable with structural changes that slow the growth rate of spending. and we need to come back to the 17 trillion dollar public debt. it's unsustainable and we need everyone to come to grips with the fact that they're going to have to be long-term changes, not that affect our current retirees, but that affect people in their 20's and 30's and if we could structure these changes so that in the long-term we could give our next gennration an opportunity to have the same quality of life we've had, but it's come

down to that. stuart: it sure has. as you say, sir, hope springs eternal, does it not? senator, thank you very much, indeed. >> thank you very much. ssuart: and checking the big board, largely because of a poor manufacturing report out of the northeast and poor earnings from citigroup. well, congress goes back and forth over a debt deal. investigators and banks have dumped billions of dollars worth of treasuries. sandra, do you first. what does that mean? what's the implications for this for investors? >> well, it means that j.p.

>> it could be that the regulators are making them do this, making them to reduce risk andy possible. ed, what do you say? why are the banks dumping short-term treasuries? >> for exactly what sandra said. it's really not anything significant. they're just moving the maturities out because if in fact we didn't come to a debt agreement and raise the debt ceiling those would actually default. they're taking a little precaution and the regulators might have said something, realistically, we're not going to default on the debt. maybe for public relations purposes, i have no idea, but it's completely insignificant because they're only moving it out one month. stuart: okay, insignificant, we

appreciate that. i've got a stock check for you, i know how you like good news on microsoft, i like it. jeffries says buy the stock, okay, everybody knows i own some microsoft, what's going on here? >> we know how much stuart varney likes the good news on microsoft. and jefferson raising the targets here, buy from hold, price targets up to $42 and this is why. higher margins are expected from the sales of the windows operating system. a growing revenue they're expecting and also the fact that with the android operating system of google, that microsoft stands to benefit from some patent agreements there. so, good news, good news, good news, upgrades, good for you. >> okay. nicole, thanks indeed. i was momentarily distracted there. i've got news on the house g.o.p., the house republicans, they've got their own debt plan. it includes having the administration and members of ccngress get into obamacare.

so, no exclusion for the administration and for congress from obamacare. income verification, you want to get on these exchanges and you want a subsidy, you've got to verify your income, that's what the house republicans want. what was that, a two year-- two year suspension of the medical device tax. sunday the government until january of next year, and the debt limit goes until february the 7th. okay. now, wrap that up together and what you've got is the house republicans plan for the debt. it's in contrast to the senate version of coming up with a fix for the debt and the budget, but it is the house republicans plan. it's just breaking now. we'll get some further details for you and we'll give them to you as available, but the house is coming up with its own plan. president obama playing the blame game, calling the g.o.p. obstructionists.

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members of congress and white house people, not unreasonable. and they want income verification for those people who go on the exchanges and want a subsidy. we just want to say, what's your income and prove it. none of this sounds like a very big deal. none of it sounds like a huge sticking point. that's to me, let's bring in becky garrettson, tea party founder and president thereof and she's here today. you heard those details and i'm saying that's not an unreasonable series of demands from house republicans, that's not extreme at all. what's your reading? >> i agree, it's not extreme at all and i would go so much farther. i don't think a one-year delay is unreasonable, especially as we see obamacare, the reality of it coming on in a computer program appears they were written by kindergartenees. millions of people are receiving notices that their insurance is dropping them or their employers are no longer going to hold their insurance. we need a one-year delay and i

think that is completely reasonable. stuart: so you think that the republican demand as i've just laid out here, which these are demands which are going to be put to the all-house republicans, literally, as we speak. you don't think they go far enough. you want more. you wouldn't go with this proposal? >> and here is what needs to be added to that. not only do congress and the president pay to for their insurance, there should be no exemptions for anyone. no unions, big business. we are a government of the people, by the people and for the people. we should be top dog and if we don't get exemptions, no one else should get exemptions, -pperiod. stuart: okay, but then therefore, you're saying that the tea party people, like yourself, in the house of representatives, probably would not go for this deal because it doesn't go far enough. i know you can't speak for members of congress who are just hearing, i understand that entirely. >> correct. stuart: you don't think they'll go for it, tea party people? >> well, i don't know.

you know, trying to get the whole tea party is like herding cats. this is my view, but i think i have a good concensus and it doesn't go far enough. it does not protect the american people. stuart: but it wouldn't be a deal and it would take the heat off the tea party because you would be seen as agreeable, as amenable to settlement? >> i think it's important to stand on principle and it doesn't matter what you look like, but it is important to stand on principle. stuart: okay, becky, look, i'm sorry to spring this on you, but this news is literally breaking as we went on the air with you. i'm glad you could beyond as you did. you're putting the tea party from your point of view from and we appreciate you're here with us. >> thank you. stuart: you're an honored guest on this program. we loved you before. >> an honor to be here. stuart: we loved you before congress. we'll never let anybody forget that. >> thank you. stuart: let me give you the gold report. where are we?

with all of this talk of deal and no deal and terms and not terms. we're down two bucks on the price of gold. that's not a huge retreat, by the way. it's not a big rally either. 1275 is the price of gold right now. next, obamacare imploding, collapsing. my take on what that means for the country and the president. that's coming up next. and another excuse? of course, from miss pelosi. but we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it away from the fog of the controversy.

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it is collapsing. don't put this on the back burner. what's happening to our health care system will have a far greater impact on all of us than squabbles among politicians now. first, look at what's happening at obamacare is rolling out. the enrollment system is indeed imploding. it is collapsing on itself. we've already seen systemic computer failure. then, look at the cost. the chicago tribune looked at 22 plans offered in illinois. 21 had annual deductables of more than $4,000 for individuals, $8,000 for families, plus, big co-pays. would you sign up for that? it takes a minimum of 7 million people signed up and paying up in full to be financially viable. and that doesn't look likely now, does it? it's not going to happen. the president and his top advisor, valerie garrett are ignoring this and pressing ahead regardless. think with that means?

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we turn to you to name my new dog. ♪ stuart: moment from now john boehner well update us. we are waiting for that. we will take you there live in the moment now. here is bret baier. i characterized this as fairly mild. what is your take? >> good morning. the house wants to extend the

resolution to january 15. it wants to extend the debt ceiling until february 11. it wants to take away the subsidies for administration and congressional staff on obamacare. the budget committee. they would have to come together and a budget committee and iron out the long-term budget by december 15. stuart: that does not seem to meet to be a radical plan. is it such a big deal? it does not seem like this is

unattainable territory. >> no. it does not seem unattainable. they will say it is just like a company providing healthcare for its workers. that is how they will push back. i do thhnk that the medical device tax, if they did not put it that if they did not negotiate a deal right now, it would be ironed out in a conference because 70 plus senators voted to appeal the medical device tax. stuart: do you think that this plan would get through the house? it would surely get a lot of democrat votes definitely. you are seeing these sweeteners, if you will, being put in for

two-party types. i think, you know, overall, this is an exit ramp for speaker boehner. is it a win for the gop? no. not at all. could they be in a better position? maybe. the democrats really want to take away the sequester. that is their ultimate goal. in order to do that, republicans will want to see some things on the republican ledger. stuart: i just want to move onto

some quick headlines headline from the washington post on obamacare. number one, obamacare struggles mainly only beginning. number two, obamacare implosion is worse than you think. number three, will someone get fired from obamacare? this is becoming mainstream media. they are watching and reporting. that seems a little unusual to me. >> late-night tv is starting to glom onto obamacare also. you have seen john stuart and all kinds of comedians weigh in. when that starts to happen, you know you have gotten into the public consciousness of people that do not watch news. this is a big, big deal. when mr. gibbs comes out and

says it is an excruciating embarrassment and that somebody should be fired, that is a really big deal. one that i do not think will go away anytime soon. stuart: senator harry reid has just said that he is confident that a deal will be reached this week. he just said that. >> it does sound promising. washington works in strange ways. we just have to wait and see if everything goes as they believe it will go. there are still a lot of hurdles. stuart: thank you very much. let's go to nicole. back to the markets. fedex. nicole: very high. it is close to $120.

authorizing a repurchase program. their balance sheets with all the cash and it allows them to do exactly this. they, of course, go on to say it reaffirms their confidence in the company's strategy. stuart: thank you very much. let me bring in david asman. the theme of the program is, this market just wants to go up. today -- >> no matter how hard the president tries to talk it down. stuart: today we have senator harry reid confident that they will reach a deal by the end of the week. premise of the show, this market just wants to go up. >> the president wants more power than he has. even though, as you say, it is

very mild concerning obamacare. it is still contradicting what the president says he wants. apparently, harry reid is spending a little bit. you may see a market go down even further. again, no matter how much the president tries throwing into this market, the market still seems to be holding its own. stuart: 15,000 to 65 as we speak. next case, has the senate worked on a deal to end the stalemate? a food pantry in washington. listen to this. >> we stand a good chance of default. we have a potentially devastating affect on our economy. stuart: not to be outdone.

when you start acting like this, you have a problem. i love you dear, but, you know, i am shutting down your entire government. i love you, dear, but, i am going to default and you will be week. stuart: fortunately, david asman is still with us and offers some comments to what we just heard. >> the more the country is panicking, the more control they can take. republicans did the same thing. though more panic there was, the more authority they took.

the issue of default, when the president continues to say default, it has a specific meaning. it is not paying on folders the month that you owe them. companies like argentina have gone that way. you cannot borrow more money. it is not on the table. markets know that. that is why they are holding up. stuart: the dow is only down 22 points as we speak. a very mild plan emerging from the republicans in the house. >> markets know what default is and they do not see it or smell it. stuart: a foodstamp credit card, a foodstamp debit card glitch. it set off a frenzy at a walmart in louisiana.

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stuart: i have some news on the scheduling of meetings in washington did the 11:00 o'clock meeting has been delayed. speaker boehner is about to appear. we do not know exactly when. he will outline the plan that house republicans have come up with. we will take you there when he begins to speak. let me outline for you from what we know is the house plan. very mild, indeed. the republicans are not asking for that much. a two-year suspension of the medical device tax. that is it. obamacare covers member of ccngress and their staffs and the white house and staff.

that is not very extreme. we outlined this a moment ago. it does not seem like a terribly radical series of demand. >> the most nervous man in america has to be the man we are waiting to hear from. that is john boehner. he has to rely on votes of democrats. he may not be the speaker of the house of representatives come thanksgiving. he does not have that job for a term. he has that job for as long as they want him to have that job. if they feel that he has betrayed their values --

congressman john boohner, not speaker john boehner. stuart: this is the plan that caved. >> yes. there is no significant reduction in spending. >> without any guaranteed reduction in spending, they will just make this worse. at some point the irs will come by and say i want your income. i want all of it. stuart: that is a flight of fancy and you know it. they have an extension of the

sequester cuts. >> good point. >> two that i credit mitch o'connell. the substrate is not a reduction in spending. spending continues to go up. >> forgive me for interrupting, the spending has calmed down dramatically since the sequester. >> correct and there are lies a. you can make anything look good. stuart: it was an englishman who said that. >> i thought it was mark twain.

[laughter] >> i think you are right. stuart: i am going to be googled and proven wrong. [laughter] stuart: while we have you here, i want to digress to an interesting story. there was a frenzy at several louisiana walmart stores. there was a foodstamp glitch. it gave them unlimited balances. shoppers stripped the shelves bare. the state says it will not pay for the mistake. walmart says they stand by the decision to let families take advantage of it. walmart will take the loss and the spending spree will not have any affect on walmart's bottom line. those people who knew they did not have the money to pay for the food still took the food

anyway. is that stealing? >> unquestionably it is. if you open up your bank account and you see a triple zero mistake, you cannot go out and spend it. these people are obligated to know what the limits of their spending authority is. it is unfortunate that they will not have to pay it back. stuart: that assumes that the walmart checkout person said you know you are over your limit. >> no. they know they are given x hundred dollars a month on food stamps. if suddenly the limit is not there, that is government incompetence. to take advantage of that is plain old-fashioned ordinary theft and they should be -- >> most americans take advantage of the government incompetence.

>> yes, but to steal from the government because the government is not looking, because the government made a mistake in your account cannot be praiseworthy. it is obviously against the law. because it happened at such a large scale and because it is the government fall, there will be no restitution. stuart: i accept your apologies. [laughter] stuart: a little cadenza to the walmart story. this glitch was fixed. the people standing in line with their shopping carts loaded up, they got to the front of the line in the clerk with that you only have $0.49 left in your account. if you walk out without food, you will be arrested. everybody left the food and

shopping carts all loaded in place and walked out. can you be arrested for stealing food? >> yes. stuart: in california, you cannot. >> there is an argument if you are starving to death, you are right to that dude is greater. you could make that argument. it is not an immunity. stuart: are we still waiting for speaker boehner? did we get a two-minute warning or something? no, we did not. are we going to go to break? let's do that. >> he will know when he makes this statement whether or not what he is about to propose will

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stuart: it must have been some kind of intense meeting inside of the house of representatives caucus. speaker boehner was supposed to be out 25 minutes ago. when he does show up, you will see it live. then we have the today show on nbc. they decided to take up the topic of american exceptionalism. >> we do a very good job. there are some fantastic rt's and cheeses. >> what else does america do better? >> pickup trucks. >> i was going to say burgers and hot dogs. >> they copy us. >> they may have invented pizza, i feel like we have perfect did

it. stuart: i do not think that you should make a joke about that kind of thing. i will ask everyone around our table what they think is truly exceptional about the united states of america. first, sandra, in chicago. sandra: i am still insulted by the conversation that i just heard. how about our military. our healthcare in this country. i thought that was embarrassing. by the way, wisconsin, they make some pretty good cheese. i will leave it at that. nicole: when i am listening to that conversation, the first thing i think about is how fragmented europe really is. when you think about the european union, how many times

you think some countries do not even want to be a part of the gear. it is not even like the united states. we are one. this is a country that will not back down. >> i would start with a very simple book here, the declaration of independence in the constitution of the united states. we see how important it is. no one is above the law could in europe, you do not have people buying their way out of trouble.

that is something worth fighting for. that is something worth dying for. stuart: i would personally suggest a gun owning economy. another topic for you. a headline in the "new york times." women in the senate are helping to reach a compromise. among them, susan collins. there is a record number of women in the senate. i put it to sandra and nicole. sandra: we have covered some of these recent researches that did conclude that women are better multitaskers, better decision-makers. i think it is very important to have been very actively involved in politics. stuart: senator barbara boxer.

>> absolutely. i think that we need more of it. i always want women to get there on their own merit. stuart: no qualcomm women in the senate. nicole: absolutely. it is so easy to find statistics to support women's ability to compromise. i am all for guys, ibm. since the 1970s, you have seen the role of women in congress. they have a great ability to compromise and make it traders. stuart: i am all for guys. direct quote from nicole petallides did. >> nancy pelosi. you have people that are lousy

compromisers on the female side as well. >> i think you are right. the two the market is waiting. we have been waiting for speaker boehner. olympic gold medalist, gymnast, a winner on the balance beam and in the business world she is reinventing herself successfully. she is joining us right now. ♪

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he to we aae still waiting for speaker boehner to appear and outline the plan and mouse. we have the broad outlines of the plan already. we are waiting to hear it directly from the speaker. the dow right now is down 29 points. mark where the dow is when speaker boehner begins to speak.

there may well be some market reacted to what he has to say. our next guest has five olympic medals. nine world medals under her belt. female athlete of the year. individual sportswoman of the year. she is all of 23 years old. she is with us right now. welcome to the program. >> thank you for having me. stuart: you are attempting to reenter yourself at the age of 23 years. what are you doing? >> that is the cool thing about sports. i started gymnastics when i was about two or three years old. i never knew it would bring me here today. i did it because i loved it and i found the passion in the sport. i set these dreams and goals for myself.

i wanted to be just ike them. that is what my goals were. competing in beijing, representing team usa and the biggest stage of all of sports, you are kind left thinking, what now? standing there listening to the national anthem with a gold medal around my neck was the greatest thing. the next day, it was kind of like what now. that is all that i do. it was really difficult kind f turn that page. stuart: are you getting into business? >> i am. i moved to new york in january. i grew up in dallas. it is a big change. i think it is necessary to turn that page. i think some people do it later than others. you are rying to hold onto the fame of being an olympian. i feel like that success will --

stuart: you use your name and business? you are an olympic gold medal winner? >> i did work for 20 years of my life to achieve that name. at the same time, i will not rely on it. i just got into commentating for the olympics. that is something that i enjoy doing. it is also important for me to set these new dreams and goals for myself to inspire kids and the next generation. they are our future. i think, i now have a competition. it is for young and upcoming gymnast. i have had to clothing lines.

i also have my own line. you are right. i have stayed involved in sports as of right now. i think as i getting older, i started school. sports will always be a part of my life, but i am trying to venture a little bit. stuart: your parents parents are from russia. >> probably 21 years ago. they picked up. they did not speak any english. they just moved over to this country to open up this gem. stuart: 20 years later, today like it here? >> they love it here. stuart: do you speak russian?

>> i do. this country had given us so many amazing opportunities. i truly believe if we were not here, we would not be as successful. stuart: one last financial question. can you still make money out of your gold medal? >> i can. i do not have a real-five job right now. i think that is the thing. just trying to stay involved in the sport and the olympic movement as a whole because it has given me so many amazing opportunities. stuart: thank you so much for joining us. appreciate it. netflix scores and other exclusive tv show. "the walking dead drakes records with ratings. entertain changed for good. ♪

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stuart: there is nothing unusual going on here. normally, speaker boehner is very much on time. he was due to address the nation at 10:00 o'clock. forty-five minutes late. we are still waiting for speaker boehner to outline his plan. quickly to the markets. microsoft is a big winner. nicole: that is right. jefferies raised their price target up to $42. they think that they see faster growth, higher margin, great pat

it for android systems. it certainly seems very positive. stuart: 42 is carmen territory. stuart: no joke. [laughter] >> you will never retire. stuart: more original content coming from netflix. i will say, netflix is the great new power in media. am i going too far? >> i do not think you are going too far.

users will turn to netflix over the other options. stuart: what else do they have? >> 2013 has been the year of original netflix content. house of cards, we saw that walk away with boatloads of nominations. netflix is really competing. stuart: am i going too far, this is the way we get our entertainment that. it sounds like an extraordinary statement. >> everyone will turn to the media that has their favorite shows. netflix has to be your choice right now. that is the only place you will be getting those shows. likewise, amazon prime, that will begin offering its own original content.

they have the distribution? >> they do. they are still holding their ground. they are still making money. stuart: i have to ask you about "walking dead." indeed baseball in the tv ratings. 16 million people watched the first episode. 11 million watched the baseball game. that was a great game. "the walking dead beat america's pastime. tell me about it. >> i think baseball had a hard on sunday. i think it is football beating baseball on sunday rather than "the walking dead. they did have a block buster premier. it really not "the breaking bad finale which only had about

10 million. stuart: what am i missing? not it will pass. >> i will hope you are right. i have never caught the zombie bow. maybe i have missed something as well. stuart: the stock is at $67 a share. you think i am missing something. >> you know, it may be me also. it must be us missing. stuart: come see us again. >> zombies are real. vampires are not. by the way, i am not gain. stuart: what is the difference between a zombie and a vampire?

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>> we have had a lot of headlines raking from washington on this program. we got all of that. now we name my new dog. or facebook page exploding with suggestions from you and what to name this little guy. start with this, here are some of the names you think i should choose. charles. no, will not do that. lassie. won't do that. duke. winston. cash, a possibility. stocks, no. now, i'm leaning toward arthur or thatch. you still have time, haveeto consult the family but we will make a decision tonight.

david, what did you say? david: i said boehner, i was just kidding. but i do like king. makes them feel more important, one syllable, easy, quick. powerful. stuart: do you think dogs have feelings about their names? david: they do. stuart: does a dog have a soul? david: i have trouble with that one. when i look at it.i can sometimes a feeling i can see the soul. stuart: you are rambling on. david: where the heck is boehner? stuart: get me out of this, so the 19. dagen: i don't think you can

name the dog thatcher. i like arthur the way you say it. thank you. we're still waiting for house speaker john boehner. tick tock goes the debt clock, there are now two competing bills on the hill. one in the senate, and another at the house. this man just won the nobel prize for economics and he is a frequent guest on this program. yale professor bob shiller. what does he make of the chaos in washington? you will find out this hour. and while he was most iconic brands in american business, entrepreneur and businessman on the fallout for america created by washington. all that and so much more on this hour of "markets now."